Dispensing device



May 23, 1933. w. P. TARRANT DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Feb. 12, 1930 Vii INVENTOR il zllzam PTar/"ant Patented May 23, 1933 UNITED STATES WILLIAM I. TARRANT, F SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK DISPENSING DEVICE Application filed February 12, 1930. Serial No. 427,702.

This invention relates to devices for dispensing hot or molten material, such as tar, asphalt or like substances.

In pavements or similar constructions where brick or concrete are used it is common practice to fill the oints or cracks with tar or asphalt. This process is rendered difficult because of the nature of the material used and because the material must.

be poured in a hot or melted condition. Also, it is very objectionable to have such material drip or continue to run from the dispensing device after the joint or crevice has been filled.

One of the objects of the invention is, therefore, to provide means for efiiciently dispensing hot material such as melted tar or asphalt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dispensing device so constructed as to operate effectively and to cut off the stream of material dispensed, promptly, when the control valve is closed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described comprising a minimum number of parts so relatively constructed and arranged that the device can be easily and readily operated to direct and dispense the molten material in the desired direction.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following specification taken in connection with the drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the invention; and

Fig. 2 is an elevation on a smaller scale and taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

The invention briefly described consists of a receptacle having a discharge outlet at one end and a handle at the opposite end through which extends a rod carrying a valve adapted to open and close the dis- 5 charge outlet. A weight is carried by the rod for closing the valve when the rod is not lifted by the user of the device. A second handle is also carried by the upper end of the receptacle to facilitate the directing of the molten material, such as asphalt, in the desired direction. Further details of the in invention will. appear from the following description.

. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the device comprises an elongated tapered receptacle 10, preferably formed of sheet metal, having a plug 11 at its lower end provided with a discharge opening 12 therethrough. The plug may be secured in position by welding or in any other desired manner.

The lower end of the plug has its outer surface threaded as shown at 13 and a cou pling 14 is mounted on the threaded surface 13. The coupling has a reduced internally o5 threaded portion 15 into which is screwed a sleeve 16 having an internally threaded portion 17 which receives a threaded sleeve 18.

The construction just described forms a convenient type of discharge nozzle or conduit and by means of this construction the i size of the discharge outlet can be easily regulated. In Fig. 1 it will be noted that the coupling 14; secures the plug 11 in place although, as above stated, the plug may be welded in position if desired. The plug 11 is formed with a conical valve seat 20 adapted to coact with a valve 21 carried by the lower end of a rod 22. .A bar 25 is secured to the upper end of the receptacle 10 and extends across the upper end as shown at 26 to form a handle. A guiding bar 27 is secured to the bar 25 and is provided with a centrally disposed aperture 28 through which the valve rod 22 extends. 55 From the. showing in Fig. 1 it will be noted I that the upper end of the rod 22 is provided with a handle 30 which isdisposed between the bar 27 and the handle 26. I

In order to further guide the rod 22 a bracket 31 is carried by the bar 27 and has a laterally extending portion 32 provided with an aperture 33 through which the rod 22 extends.

In order to hold the valve 21 normally 5 in closed position a weight 35 is secured to i the lower end of the rod and in the particular form of the invention shown the valve 21 is formed on the lower end of the weight.

In order to permit the valve and valve '1;

rod to be removed from the receptacle in case it is desired to clean out the receptacle, the bar 27 is secured to the bar 25 by means of bolts 36 and wing nuts 37.

In order to facilitate the directing of a stream of molten material in the desired direction a handle 40 is secured to the upper edge of the receptacle.

When the user of the device desires to direct a stream of molten material he grasps the handle 40 with one hand and places the other hand on the handle 26 formed at the upper end of the bar 25. The fingers of the hand which grasps the handle 26 can engage the handle 30 at the upper end of the valve rod and raise the rod, thus moving the valve 21 away from the valve seat 20, permitting the material to pass through the discharge outlet of the receptacle.

From the foregoing description it will be clear that the dispensing device described comprises a minimum number of parts and is so constructed that it can be easily and readily manipulated to direct the molten asphalt or like material in the desired direction.

Although one specific embodiment of the invention has been particularly shown and described, it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that changes in the construction and in the arrangement of the various cooperating parts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, as expressed inthe following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A dispensing device comprising a receptacle having a discharge opening at the lower end thereof, a handle secured to and extending across the top of the receptacle, a bar secured to and disposed beneath the handle, a guide bracket carried by said bar, a rod slidable through said bar and bracket, and a valve carried by said rod for closing said discharge opening.

2. A dispensing device comprising a receptacle having a discharge opening at the lower end thereof, a handle secured to and extending across the top of the receptacle, a bar secured to and disposed beneath the handle, a guide bracket carried by said bar a rod slidable through said bar and bracket, a valve carried by said rod for closing said discharge opening, and a handle at the upper end of said rod and disposed between the bar and receptacle handle.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of February, 1930.

WILLIAM P. TARRANT; 

